Johnson Rides the Tournament Rollercoaster

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Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

William Johnson has had a bit of a rollercoaster ride the past 20 minutes or so.

First we witnessed him betting out 120,000 on a {2-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} flop and then calling a reraise to 270,000 from Ruslan Prydryk. But Johnson decided not to call the push from Prydryk on the {k-Hearts} turn (perhaps it was the way Prydryk looked him right in the eye as he pushed his chips across the line), and Johnson dropped to a million. Prydryk is at 1.5 million now.

Next hand Johnson opened for 66,000, but Franck Pepe pushed behind and Johnson gave it up. Down to 930,000. Pepe showed him {a-Hearts} {k-Clubs} and upped his stack to 650,000, although he dropped back to 550,000 the next hand he raised but then folded to a reraise from Didier Mazairac.

Johnson made another few failed raises, and few hands later he got a few chips back when Mazairac bet out 70,000 on a {6-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {k-Clubs} flop. Johnson folded and Mazairac folded, and Johnson showed pocket {q-} {q-} . Back up to 900,000.